7 Applications to Make Developing on a PC easier.
June 18th, 2008 by kip0130Recently on Rawkes there was a post about “8 Killer Web Development Apps for OS X: Guaranteed to Save You Time and Money“. After reading the article it left me thinking. Are there any quality development apps for Window PC’s. So i set out to look through what i have used in the past and now to appeal to the masses ; The beginning developer , the average developer , and the “Knowledgeable” ones too.
Here’s the list
- Simple CSS
- XAMPP
- Measure It
- E Text Editor
- Style Master
- Notepad++
- Colorpic
Simple CSS
Simple Css is a great little application from the folks at Hostm.com It is more aimed at the beginners to CSS as it allows you to pic from a list of common elements and style them with ease , you can also make your own just as easily. The application is free so it’s worth checking out.
XAMPP
XAMPP is all you need to test your scripts without using your webserver and having google index what you are doing. It supports PHP , MYSQL , and runs Apache locally. Its very easy to set up despite it no playing nicely with Pidgin IM or Sykpe.
MeasureIT
Measure it allows you to measure elements on screen. Its a very nice Firefox extension , Is easy to use.
Other Applications
E Text Editor
Style Master
Notepad++
ColorPic
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June 19th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Let’s not forget Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox!
June 20th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
@Rob I probably should have included that in my article , maybe I will amend it.
June 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am
Excellent article, you’ve inspired me to create my own list for Windows apps (at some point!) as I use it a lot at work.
I tell you what, though. That E-TextEditor is damn good! It’s pretty much a clone of TextMate for the Mac. I’ve been using it since you recommended it here and it’s rocketed to the top of my most useful web development apps on Windows. For that I must extend to you my thanks.
Keep up the good work on the blog!